Two Tigers (video game)

Two Tigers is a multidirectional shooter created by Bally Midway and released in arcades in 1984. It is themed around World War II-era planes attempting to sink military ships, but there are no references as to which countries are involved in the conflict. Two Tigers offers the choice of two separate modes: one or two players working together to sink large enemy ships, or a dogfight mode where two players attempt to down each other's plane.

Two Tigers
Developer(s)Bally Midway
Publisher(s)Bally Midway
Designer(s)Ron Haliburton
Tim Gilbert[1]
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1984
Genre(s)Multidirectional shooter
Mode(s)1-2 player simultaneous cooperative, 2 player simultaneous competitive
CabinetStandard
Arcade systemMidway MCR II [2]
DisplayRaster, Horizontal

Gameplay

In the primary mode, each player steers an always moving plane by rotating it clockwise and counter-clockwise. Enemy planes fly horizontally across the screen; shooting them causes them to crash into the ocean or the large ship floating in it. Each hit from a downed plane destroys a piece of the ship where it crashes. Naval mines drifting in the water can be shot, damaging the ship from below.[3] Players can damage the ship directly by dropping bombs. Only one bomb per player can be in the air at once.[4]

Destroying an entire vertical column of a ship causes a leak. When enough leaks have been created (based on the level), the ship explodes. As an intermission, submarines, sharks, and swimmers occupy the open water and can be shot.[4] After a brief respite, a new ship arrives.

Lives are unlimited in Two Tigers. Flying into another plane spawns a replacement once the wreckage falls offscreen. Player-controlled planes do not collide with the ship at the bottom. After a certain amount of time an undestroyed ship leaves—another such departure ends the game.

Variations

There are two variations of Two Tigers machines: one with a weighted spinner to rotate the plane (similar to that of Midway's Tron), and the other with a flight yoke for the same purpose.[4]

The game was later released as a conversion kit for Tron. It has significant differences in terms of gameplay, visuals, and audio compared to the original.[5]

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References
  1. Hague, James, The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers
  2. Two Tigers at the Killer List of Videogames
  3. "Two Tigers". The Arcade Flyer Archive.
  4. Butler, Kevin, Two Tigers FAQ
  5. "Two Tigers [No. 0C67]". Arcade History.
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